Archer to be stripped of peerage under proposals to House of Lords

DISGRACED perjurer Lord Archer will be stripped of his peerage under proposals for House of Lords reform announced by the British Government yesterday.

The Lord Chancellor Lord Falconer of Thoroton said he planned to change the rules so peers convicted of an offence would lose both membership of the house and their titles.

“Parliament is a privilege, not a possession,” Lord Falconer told peers.